This snowmobile conversion was invented by Virgil White, a Ford dealer in New Hampshire, who built his first in 1913 and patented it four years later. The kit included skis made of wood and metal, a dual-wheel rear axle from a Ford TT truck, and tracks for the wheels.
White sold the kits through Ford dealers, starting in 1922. The kit was $400, or you could buy a converted car for $750. There weren’t a lot of roads at the time outside of cities, and they were seldom if ever plowed, so the Snowmobiles were popular with doctors and mail-carriers.
The car’s price reflects the quality of its restoration